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Six Killed in Decade’s Old Tribal Land Dispute
Tribes fighting each other don't fight the state. The fighting moved into villages with medium weapons, killing people and destroying houses. One study found 90% of tribal wars revolved around water. Yemen Post: At least six more people have been killed and dozens hurt since clashes erupted ...
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Seven Killed in Shabwa Protests
The unusual thing here is the two police killed. The Yemeni government has been killing its citizens during Southern protests since 2007. Hundreds are in jail including several journalists and opposition politicians. Scores have been killed during the demonstrations. The LNG that is coming on ...
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Lawyer and Activist Jailed: Kuwait
للنشر الفوري الكويت: يجب إخلاء سبيل الناشط المسجون رئيس الوزراء يُسكِت انتقاد السياسات الحكومية بتهمة التشهير (مدينة الكويت، 24 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2009) – قالت هيومن رايتس ووتش اليوم إن على النائب العام الكويتي أن يأمر فوراً بالإفراج عن محمد عبد القادر الجاسم، المحامي والناشط الحقوقي ومن ...
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Republic of Penalty: Iran
I got this article via email, and while Yemen is my first priority, I really should try to highlight more the other countries and their human rights and civil rights abuses. توَّعدُ الرئيس الإيراني أحمدي نجاد المشكوكُ في شرعيةِ انتخابه، المُحتجينَ على حكومته بـ " كسرِ أرجلهم "، ...
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Go Vote Your Conscience: Iraq
Another via email: بيـــــــان صحــــفي تتواصل لقاءات الدكتور موفق الربيعي الامين العام لتيار الوسط مع المواطنين حيث التقى نخبة من الوجهاء والمثقفين من ابناء مناطق (ابي غريب والعامرية والسيدية والدورة والغزالية والشرطة الخامسة) واكد خلال اللقاء على ضرورة العمل الجاد والمتواصل لحث الناخبين ...
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Medical Corruption: Morocco
also by email: ان هذا المستشفى هو مرتع لكل انواع الفساد وسوء التسيير واهانة المواطنيين المغاربة وهو وصمة عار في جبين كل من عرف حجم الفساد والظلم وسكت انه مرتع للمتاجرة بقلوب واموال عائلات اشخاص محكوم عليهم بالموت ان حجم الفساد لم يتغير رغم عدة مراسلات ان هذا الواقع ...
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Jordanian Commandos Reinforce Saudis on Yemen’s Border?
This is unbelievable. Maybe if we all say it slowly: There is no military solution. The Yemen Times details reports of Somalis fighting alongside the Hotuhis and picks up reports in the Saudi media of yet another player, Jordan, on the side of the Saudis: Saudi media sources revealed on ...
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Today I predict the future of Taiz
I will now predict the future of Taiz, Yemen. A small popular movement in Taiz emerges, striving to address legitimate grievances, for example the government's neglect of a Dengue Fever outbreak. The security forces beat and arrest dozens at a protest, triggering more protests, which trigger ...
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Japanese Hostage Released
Yay. Still missing five Germans and a Brit since June 09. Related: Germans Heart Yemen BERLIN, Nov. 23 (Saba) - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle hailed Monday Yemen's democratic approach as well as the level of distinctive relations between Yemen and Germany. He reaffirmed, during ...
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Yes the Saudis are unlikely to suceed militarily in Sa’ada
Mai Yameni at the Guardian: A crucially important conflict, woefully under-reported in the west, has now come to a head in the Middle East. In response to an ongoing fight that could spill out beyond the Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia has entered into direct war with the Houthi rebels ...
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Arab Sisters Forum Targeted
This Yemeni government is entirely irrational and out of control. They are blindly targeting a broad variety of people and groups. In the latest attempt to gain submission through fear, the Arab Sisters Forum offices were broken into, and the principles are receiving threats. A variety of civil ...
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The Guantanamo Dilema
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Yemeni Al Qaeda the Most Connected to AQ Central
Thats been my impression for quite some time; its the history between the Yemeni al Qaeda and AQ Central that brings the threat level to a higher degree. AQC trusts AQY, these were always the body guards and drivers for a good reason. The old guard is often unjustifiably dismissed, ...
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WFP Unable to Feed Millions of Children and Mothers Due to Lack of Funding, Access
WFP hunger hotspots: Yemen - 20 Nov 2009 Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 20 Nov 2009 Lack of funding has kept the CP on hold since June; under the HFP EMOP, 40 percent of mothers and children will not receive nutrition assistance for six of the 12 planned months. Overall, ...
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Small Business in Yemen Limited by Lack of Credit
The inability of small businesses to get a credit line is actually a huge issue, dull perhaps but consequential. It impedes the diversification and growth of the economy by region, product and ownership. Micro-credit has been one of the most effective methods globally of raising poverty stricken ...
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Zero School Enrollment in Rural Hodeidah, Mothers 96% Illiterate: SEYAJ
HODEIDAH, 19 November 2009 (IRIN) - Nearly half of children in rural areas of the western Yemeni governorate of Hodeidah, have no access to basic education, according to a new report by the Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection (SOCP) and the Yemen News Agency. A survey was conducted on a ...
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Ja’ar, al Nabi and his brother Captain Ahmed
From al Teef, this is a google translated part of an longer article. Spectrum network - report - and a serious public حقيقة ما يدور في جعار..!! The truth of what is going on in Jaar ..!! ما أن تطال قدماك مدينة جعار وشوارعها ينتابك إحساس وشعور غريب ما يجري ...
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Demonstratons in Michigen Call for International Criminal Tribunal Convene Against Sana’a Regime
Nice! Demonstration will be held at City Hall in Dearborn, MI 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm every Sunday. YAATC: Yemenis, Iraqis and Lebanese يتظاهرون امام مبنى بلدية ديربون الامريكية للمطالبة بوقف الحرب والتدخل السعودي في اليمن Demonstrating outside the Dearborn City Hall to demand the U.S. ...
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Al Qaeda Takes Japanese Hostage from Tribal Kidnappers
Al Qaeda Takes Japanese Hostage from Tribal Kidnappers
armiesofliberation.com — Damn. Earlier report. As an aside, the reason the 22 year old was held by the state... without charges after fighting in Iraq is that jihad (murder) abroad is not illegal in Yemen and is often encouraged by the President on national TV, for example ... (more) Al Qaeda Takes Japanese Hostage from Tribal Kidnappers
Saudi Arabia’s Attack on Yemen
An excellent article: Saudi Arabia’s Attack on Yemen by Rannie Amiri The Saudi attack on northern Yemen is the epitome of military adventurism and opportunism. It allows them to use – for the first time – advanced weapons purchased from the United States against an ill-equipped band of ...
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